Article:The Joe Table Game

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I used to work with a guy named Carlos Blanco and for fun we nicknamed him "Chuck White". This is because his name when Englishized was roughly Charles White. I later found out it was more akin to Carl White, but whatever... I used to ask him "what's it like to win a Heisman?" and other esoteric references. He had no idea what any of it meant, but it was fun to me and my co-workers.

Everyone knows Jose Mesa has a fun name. When translated from Spanish into English he becomes "Joe Table".

And thus, he is the patron saint of the fun game of translating people's names...

The Joe Table Game

Here's a list I started, mostly of guys who have nouns for surnames. Feel free to add some you have found. Some are debatable due to variations, but I tried to stay true to the names they are known by and the closest equivalents. Feel free to adjust my mistakes, my Spanish is not muy bueno.